Umbrella-chatelaine



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J. 0 HAYDEN. UMBRELLA GHATBLAINE.

No, 504,579. Patented Sept. 5,-1893'.

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UMBRELLA GHVATELAINE. No. 504,579. Patented Sept. 5, 1893.

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.IENNIE C. HAYDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

UMBRELLA-CHATELMNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,579, datedSeptember 5, 1893.

Application filed March 2, 1893.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JENNIE C. HAYDEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inUmbrellaChatelaines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in what I term umbrellaohat'elaines; that is to say, ornamental devices adapted to be hooked orotherwise detachably secured to a belt or band at a ladys waist andprovided with suitably suspended means for clasping and supporting anumbrella, the clasping element of the device being preferably at suchdistance below the waist as to hang against the hip of the wearer, sothat the umbrella may hang freely in a vertical line.

The invention is fully described and explained in this specification andshown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a device embodying my invention, the chatelaine properbeing hooked upon a belt and an umbrella being clasped by the supportingring suspended from the chatelaine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thedevice as it appears when not in actual use in the support of anumbrella, the clasping ring being hooked to the chatelaine. Fig. 3 is arear elevation of the chatelaine proper. Fig. i is a side elevation ofthe clasping ring. Fig. 5 is a top plan of the ring, a portion of one ofits ends being shown in horizontal section. Fig. 6 is a transversevertical section of the chatelaine. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of amodified form of my device. Fig. Sis a transverse vertical section ofthe chatelaine of said device. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the upperportion of the device shown in Fig. 8, the front plate of such upperportion being removed; and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of anothermodified form of the clasping ring which secures the umbrella.

In Figs. 1 to 6, A is an ornamental plate of any suitable and attractivedesign provided at its upper end with a rearwardly projecting hook, H,adapted to engage the upper edge of a belt or band and to be supportedthereby. On the rear face of the plate, A, are formed eyes, or loops,66,110 which are fastened the upper ends of short chains, or cords, C,C,whose Serial No, 464,830. (No model.)

lower ends engage eyes, 6, 6, upon an expansible clasping ring, R,adapted to encircle and securely hold a folded umbrella as shown inFig. 1. One of the overlapping ends of the ring is provided with abutton, B, and the other end is formed with a series of holes, D, D,adapted to receive the button and thus provide for the adjustment of thesize of the ring. The free outer end of the ring, R, is secured by meansof a sliding clamp, c, and when this clamp is in the position shown inthe drawings, the two ends of the ring are securely united. In use, thering or band, R, is wrapped about the thickest portion of a foldedumbrella and so buttoned, or otherwise fastened, as to clasp theumbrella closely and thus support its weight, and all the parts are soproportioned that when the chatelaine is in place at the waist of itswearer, the umbrella hangs freely at the hip. When the device is not inuse in the actual support of an umbrella, the supporting ring, B, mayeither hang at the full length of the chains, C, C, or it may besupported at the lower end of the chatelaine proper by means of an eye,6', formed on the ring and the hook, H, formed on the lower end of thechatelaine. The hook, H, like the hook, I-I, may be formed in anydesired manner, butl have found it cheap and convenient to form the twohooks from a sin-- gle piece of sheet metal, formed as shown in thedrawings, and securely fastened to the plate, A.

Figs. 7, 8, and 0 illustrate a device in which leather or other flexiblematerial is substituted for metal, the chains, C, C, being replaced bystraps, S, S, and the metal ring, R, by a leather strap, R, providedwith a buckle, the strap being thus adapted to clasp umbrellas ofdifferent sizes and to hold them securely. In Fig. 7 the fulllines showthe strap, R, buckled into a circle as it appears in use, while thedotted lines showthe strap extended and ready to be wrapped about theumbrella. The upper ends of the straps may be connected with the hook,H, in any desired manner, but I prefer the construction shown in thedrawings in which the hook, H, is formed integrally with the plate, 71,of metal lyingbetween two disks of leather, H, H, the two disks beingunited by rows of stitching out side the edges of the metal plate.

Fig. 10 shows a modified form of clasping ring composed of a singlepiece of spring metal, R having its ends separated by a considerablespace and curved outward so that an umbrella may be pushed laterallythrough the space between the ends, or may be dropped vertically intothe space within. Such a ring may be supported either by chains orstraps, though the use of chains is preferable. It is, of course, to beunderstood that the word umbrella as used throughout the specificationis intended to include not only rain umbrellas, but parasols, sun-shadesand all similar devices by whatever name they may be called.Furthermore, I intend not to limit my invention to the use of theparticular forms of clasping devices shown in the drawings ashereinbefore described, but to include in the term expansible ring anydevice of metal, leather, or fabric adapted to closely encircleumbrellas of difierent sizes.

In all the forms shown and described herein, the plate which supportsthe umbrella securing device, is itself provided with a hook by means ofwhich it may be readily attached to and detached from a belt or band ofany kind worn at the waist, whether the belt or band be part of theskirt or other garment, or a separate article of dress. I consider thisfeature of ready detachability essential to the convenient use andoperation of my device, since it would be inconvenient and impracticableto wear with a number of different garments, the same belt having theumbrella-supporting device permanently attached to it.

I have found in practice that it is desirable to support theumbrella-clasp by two chains, cords or straps rather than one since theclasp is balanced much better by a double than a single support. In theuse of two suspended cords or chains, it is evidently much moreconvenient to fasten their upper ends to a single hook-bearing plateinthe manner shown in drawings, than to provide them with separate hooksor other fastenings, each of which must be separately connected with abelt every time the device is used; nor is this merely a matter ofconvenience, since the use of the single plate supporting the two chainsor cords permanently fastened to it, insures their proper spacing withrelation to each other and makes the device always practical and certainin its operation.

Having now described and explained my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a device of the class described, the combination with a plateprovided with a hook adapted to engage the upper edge of a waistband orbelt, of chains or cords attached to the plate and depending from it anda clasp fastened to said chains or cords and adapted to embrace andsupport an umbrella; substantially as shown and described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a plate, ofa clasp suspended from the plate and adapted to embrace and support anumbrella, the plate being provided with two hooks turned downward andupward respectively, one of said hooks being adapted to detachablyengage a waistband or belt, and the other being adapted to form asupport for the clasp and hold it above its normal working position.

3. The combination with the plate, A, having the hooks, H, H, of theclasp formed substantially as shown and described, and suspended fromthe plate, the hook, I l, being adapted to engage a waistband or belt,and the hook, H, being adapted to support the clasp when raised aboveits normal position; substantially as shown and described.

JENNIE O. HAYDEN.

IVitnesses:

CHARLES O. SHERVEY, A. I. H. EBBESEN.

